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Mixing system for portable media device

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-07-10
BELKIN INT
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Additionally, until recently, portable media devices have not included mechanisms to allow recording of music or sounds onto the portable media device, nor have they provided support for external audio receiving devices.
However, the capacities of these devices are limited.
The number and types of signals that can be input into the devices is limited, and the ability of the devices to permit full integration of the functionalities of a portable media device into a user's media system is limited.

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[0024]A mixer is particularly (although not exclusively) suited to allow integration of the functionalities of one or more portable media device with one or more components of a user's media system. Therefore, a preferred embodiment of an apparatus or system of the present invention is a mixer for use with a portable media device and one or more components of a user's media system. Such a mixer allows a user to more fully integrate the functionalities of one or more portable media device with one or more components of his or her media system. Certain embodiments of such a mixer (or other apparatus or system for use with a portable media device) include controls and / or features that simplify use of a portable media device as a component of a media system. For example, a preferred embodiment includes one or more of (a) a recording menu access control, (b) an authenticated recording feature, and / or (c) a backlight toggle control.

[0025]In an example of an embodiment of the...

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An audio mixer for a portable media device includes: (a) an audio receiving mechanism capable of receiving audio signals from a plurality of components of a user's media system, modifying the characteristics of the received audio signals, summing the modified audio signals into a master audio signal, and outputting the master audio signal to a portable media device to be saved to the portable media device as a recording; (b) a docking station to receive a portable media device; and (c) a portable media device operating system.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]This invention relates generally to accessories for portable media devices, and relates more particularly to audio mixing systems for use with portable media devices.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Music is often played and / or recorded using a device commonly referred to as an audio mixer. An audio mixer is capable of receiving audio signals (input signals) from two or more devices that produce audio signals and outputting audio signals (output signals) to one or more audio devices, such as speakers. An audio mixer may include mechanisms to adjust the characteristics of the received audio signals, including mechanisms to adjust gain, to equalize the high, mid and low ranges of the signals, to pan a stereo signal between the left and right signals, and to adjust the volume (or level) of the signals. The individual audio signals, having been manipulated by the mechanisms as described above, are then summed into a summed audio signal. The summed audio signa...

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IPC IPC(8): G10H1/08
CPCH04H60/04G11B27/034
Inventor SEIL, OLIVER DUNCANJACKSON, SCOTTLANE, STEVEQUNITEROS, ERNESTONEU, THORBENREAY, ROBERT
Owner BELKIN INT
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